being yourself is a lifestyle™
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who i am
A professional educator by trade, I've studied human development, human tendency and human potential for nearly three decades. After 12 years as a highly successful and fulfilled elementary teacher and assistant principal, I felt a strong pull to further explore my life purpose.
I wondered, "What if I grew up in a far away land...a different culture? Would I be doing the same thing as I am doing now? Who am I and what am I really here for?" My quest for self discovery began with researching the meaning of my name.
Adopted at birth, I have come to learn that, synchronistically, both my adoptive parents and biological parents chose the same name for me, essentially. Recorded on my birth certificates were the names Theresa and Terri.
Theresa means, basically, "harvester." It just so happens that I have a side hobby of growing much of my family's food in modern suburbia. My deeper passion; however, is helping people GROW THEMSELVES. I have come to find out, by first-hand experience, and by witnessing the thousands of students and clients I've worked with, both locally and across the globe, for nearly 30 years, that living your life purpose is a lifestyle. If we are fortunate, we have this purpose nurtured by our parents and our schools from a young age. If not, it's never too late and we can cultivate a lifestyle that will allow our true nature to flourish and our life purpose to be not only discovered, but shared as a contribution to the world.
I wondered, "What if I grew up in a far away land...a different culture? Would I be doing the same thing as I am doing now? Who am I and what am I really here for?" My quest for self discovery began with researching the meaning of my name.
Adopted at birth, I have come to learn that, synchronistically, both my adoptive parents and biological parents chose the same name for me, essentially. Recorded on my birth certificates were the names Theresa and Terri.
Theresa means, basically, "harvester." It just so happens that I have a side hobby of growing much of my family's food in modern suburbia. My deeper passion; however, is helping people GROW THEMSELVES. I have come to find out, by first-hand experience, and by witnessing the thousands of students and clients I've worked with, both locally and across the globe, for nearly 30 years, that living your life purpose is a lifestyle. If we are fortunate, we have this purpose nurtured by our parents and our schools from a young age. If not, it's never too late and we can cultivate a lifestyle that will allow our true nature to flourish and our life purpose to be not only discovered, but shared as a contribution to the world.
"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.
~ Rusty Berkus
Author of Life is a
Gift and Soulprints
"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
~ Mitch AlbomAuthor of Have a Little Faith,
the Five People You Meet in
Heaven and One More day
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"Theresa, you acknowledged
my feelings and used them
to bring me to a more
empowering reality."
my feelings and used them
to bring me to a more
empowering reality."
~ Lorissa Shoula, Hawaii
Community worker bridging
Muslim and Jewish
people in Hawaii
Community worker bridging
Muslim and Jewish
people in Hawaii
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WHY THE ACORN SYMBOL?
It's about change.
It's about passion.
It's about happiness.
It's about how to be yourself.
It's about YOU.
It's about change.
It's about passion.
It's about happiness.
It's about how to be yourself.
It's about YOU.
Everyone is going through change right now. The acorn is an illustration of one of my favorite topics when it comes to change, personal development and soul searching -- entelechy. Entelechy means, "bearing the goal within itself," and is a type of inspiration, quest for self-determination and creative force directing life to become all it is capable of being. The answers lie within us. I can teach you how to listen to yourself and to life.
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Read more about life purpose...
Many great teachers and humanitarians, from days of old to modern times -- Gautama Buddha, Jesus, St. Francis, Gandhi, Mozart, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Rudolph Steiner, Maria Montessori and even Michael Jackson -- were ordinary individuals who knew what it was to be human. But they also dedicated themselves to listening to their inner spirit and, with a superhuman commitment to serving others, they achieved their greatness.
Read more about inner passion...
Read more about inner passion...
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self discovery
Participants in the Create Your Life Today™ workshop share perspectives about seeing life situations as opportunities for self growth and empowerment. The participants shown are using inspirational cards that depict examples of cross-cultural, time honored women as archetypes for self discovery.
